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As at 18 June 2021

This Checklist applies to indoor play centres. This Checklist does not apply to outdoor play centres, food vending machines, parking ticket machines, ATMs or similar machines, unattended children’s rides or other unattended freestanding amusement or wellbeing machines.

What you need to do to safely operate your business 1. Check your business can re-open Check the Queensland Government’s COVID-19 website at www.covid19.qld.gov.au to confirm

whether any specific restrictions apply to your business.

Make sure key staff have a copy of this checklist and understand their responsibilities.

If the business has not been operating check your equipment and facilities are fully functioning, suchas the indoor play centre, electricity, toilets, and hand-washing facilities.

Make sure staff are adequately trained to manage the COVID-19 requirements. This should includeproviding education or guidance on good personal hygiene, in accordance with standards set by theOffice of Industrial Relations. COVID Safe training programs are available online through TAFEQueensland (https://tafeqld.edu.au/covid-safe).

2. Cleaning Ensure indoor play centres are cleaned and disinfected prior to initial operations.

Ensure frequently touched surfaces are:

o cleaned and disinfected (sanitised) at least 1-2 hourly

Ensure infrequently touched surfaces are:

o cleaned at least daily

o cleaned and disinfected (sanitised) at least weekly

Disinfectant products (sanitisers) used must contain:

o alcohol in a concentration of at least 70%,

o chlorine bleach in a concentration of 1,000 parts per million,

o oxygen bleach, or

o wipes and sprays that contain quaternary ammonium compounds.

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(Note: A list of appropriate disinfectants is published on the TGA website: https://www.tga.gov.au/disinfectants-use-against-covid-19-artg-legal-supply-australia)

Manufacturer’s directions are to be followed when using disinfectant.

3. Hygiene Wipes that contain quaternary ammonium compounds must be:

o readily available for use by parent/carer

o located in an accessible place adjacent, or in proximity (i.e. within 3 m), to each indoor play centre

o regularly checked and replenished

Alcohol based hand sanitiser (if possible, hands free operation) must be readily available and checked and replenished 2-4 hourly depending on demand

Ensure lined rubbish bins are located adjacent, or in proximity (i.e. within 3 m), to the indoor play centre and is regularly emptied.

4. Contact tracing There must be a mechanism (for example, electronic system such as a QRCode) available for patrons to

record the following information for contact tracing purposes:

o full name

o phone number

o Email (or residential address where the person does not have an email account)

o date and time

Contact tracing information must be able to be readily available to public health officers. The information must be securely stored, not used for any other purpose, and retained for a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of 56 days.

If the venue collects contact tracing information, then contact tracing information does not need to be collected for each indoor play equipment.

5. Employees and contractors Service personnel are to be trained to ensure that they understand infection control requirements, and

when to stay at home.

Service personnel are not to work on indoor play centre equipment if they:

o are unwell

o have been in close contact with a known active case of COVID-19

o have COVID-19 symptoms

o have been to a Queensland declared COVID-19 hotspot in the previous 14 days

o have been in a ‘place of concern’ in the previous 14 days

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o have been in a ‘interstate exposure venue’ in the previous 14 days

Ensure sick leave policies do not inadvertently encourage employees to work if they are unwell.

6. Signage A notice is to be displayed adjacent to each indoor play centre stating that the equipment is not to be

used if the user:

o is unwell

o has been in close contact with a known active case of COVID-19

o has COVID-19 symptoms

o has been to a Queensland declared COVID-19 hotspot in the previous 14 days

o have been in a ‘place of concern’ in the previous 14 days

o have been in a ‘interstate exposure venue’ in the previous 14 days

Signs reminding people about public health controls (physical distancing, personal hygiene, use of hand sanitiser, use of wipes) are to be displayed.

Wherever physically possible, marks are on the floor to assist with physical distancing where there would be a line up to use a particular indoor play centre equipment.

7. Following suspected or confirmed case If advice has been provided that a venue has had a suspected or confirmed case:

o relevant indoor play centre equipment are to be taken out of operations immediately

o the relevant indoor play centre is to be cleaned and disinfected as soon as practicable in accordance with Safe Work Australia requirements

If an employee/contractor is suspected or confirmed to have COVID-19, all indoor play centres serviced in the 14 days prior:

o are to be taken out of operations immediately

o are to be cleaned and disinfected as soon as practicable in accordance with Safe Work Australia requirements

The operator/owner of the indoor play centre are to follow all directions from the local Hospital and Health Service managing the suspected or confirmed case.

8. Contactless payment Wherever possible, contactless payment is to be the preferred payment option.

9. Records The following records are to be made available upon request:

o a record of the location of each indoor play centre equipment

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o a record of the date and time each unattended children’s ride is cleaned and disinfected

o the number of times an indoor play centre is used each week

o the name and contact details of the service agent, and date and time of the service for each equipment

o a record of when wipes and hand sanitiser is checked and, as necessary, restocked

10. Review and Monitor Continue to monitor the COVID-19 situation and review and adjust risk management response

accordingly.

Regularly review your systems of work to ensure they are consistent with current directions and advice provided by health authorities.

This checklist is a key part of your COVID Safe Plan, as outlined on the WorkSafe website.

Ensure you have a copy of this signed checklist, which must be produced if requested from a relevant compliance/enforcement officer. This may include providing an electronic copy.

Keep up to date and find additional guidance at www.covid19.qld.gov.au and www.worksafe.qld.gov.au.

Employees with a general work-related complaint can call WHS Queensland on 1300 362 128.

Business owners that would like to better understand their WHS duties regarding COVID-19 can call 1300 005 018 or their union or industry association.

Patrons who have concerns about whether a business is complying with this checklist can call 134 COVID (13 42 68).

Name of person(s) conducting business or undertaking as defined in

the Work Health & Safety Act 2011:

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